Human Rights Law & Civil Liberties

Maternal mortality remains one of the highest causes of death in the world today. A fact recognised by the UN Human Rights Council and the international community by way of the Millennium Development Goals._x000D_ _x000D_ This book focuses on a critically important part of maternal mortality and hum..

These essays discuss the restrictions imposed by contempt of court and other laws on media freedom to attend and report legal proceedings. In particular, they consider the open justice principle and whether open justice entails a right to film and broadcast legal proceedings; the application of cont..

This book argues that the state’s failure to accommodate ethno-religious diversity in Turkey is attributable to the founding philosophy of Turkish nationalism and its heavy penetration into the socio-political and legal fibre of the country. It examines the articulation and influence of the founding..

This book argues that the state’s failure to accommodate ethno-religious diversity in Turkey is attributable to the founding philosophy of Turkish nationalism and its heavy penetration into the socio-political and legal fibre of the country. It examines the articulation and influence of the founding..

This book looks at transformations in citizenship in Latin America from different disciplinary perspectives including anthropology, history, urban planning, geography and political studies. It shows how citizenship is intertwined with understandings of natural spaces and environments, how indigenous..

This book examines the complicated relationships between national security and human rights, and between public health and human rights. It was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of Human Rights...

National Security, Public Health: Exceptions to Human Rights? examines the complicated relationships between national security and human rights, and between public health and human rights. Through theoretical analysis and practical examples the book addresses the conflicts that arise when the concep..

Previously published as a special issue of the Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy, this collection brings together some of the most influential political contemporary philosophers to present a critical review of David Miller’s co-national priority thesis...

Previously published as a special issue of the Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy, this collection brings together some of the most influential political contemporary philosophers to present a critical review of David Miller’s co-national priority thesis...

Providing an overview of institutional developments and innovations in human rights politics, this volume discusses some of the most important current and emerging human rights issues. It takes stock of the initiatives, policy responses and innovations of past years to identify some of the challenge..

This book is a contribution to both sociology and to human rights research, particularly where these are oriented to challenging power relations and inequalities in contemporary societies. It expands and develops the sociology of human rights as a sub-field of sociology and of interdisciplinary huma..

The contributors to this book explore the political discourse and power relations of technological growth and human rights issues between the Global South and the Global North and uncover the different perspectives of both regions. They investigate the conflict between technology and human rights an..